One of the fun things about participating in blog hops is seeing everyone's interpretation of the theme! It's a great way to be inspired and see a different point of view and challenge your perception of what you thought the theme meant. Some of the Lost Coast Designers now have their fabulous "Scary Fairy" creations to share so lets get on with the show! Enjoy!

Don't forget you all still have chance to win a fab prize by playing in our 2 month long "New Stamp Release" event which closes July 22nd - but you MUST use only Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps for this one AND you can use ANY of our stamps, they don't have to be from our new pages to qualify! You've also only got a few days to enter our current monthly Challenge - #13 NUMBERS which closes on June 25th so quick get your entries in to be in the running for a prize there too!

In case you missed our big News Alert...

We have decided to lift our LCD/CV stamps only restriction for our current and future Challenges and Events! You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries! However, of course we want you to use our stamps so if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two and double your chances at winning the prizes! All other Event and Challenge Rules still apply so please make sure to read the rules for each event and challenge before entering!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Welcome back for the 2nd month of our Grand Opening Celebrations! We hope you are having a wonderful time playing in our events and challenges and have become a follower of this fabulous new blog of ours where the stamps of Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

To celebrate our grand opening we are throwing a 10 week long event to showcase the stamps featured on the NEW IMAGE pages of both companies and we have added even MORE fabulous new images to tempt and delight you! These are quite literally Hot off the Press and available NOW at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
This event ends July 22nd so you've got plenty of time to come and play with us and WIN A $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SPEND AT EITHER COMPANY OR BOTH!

Check out ALL our fabulous stamps, shop, create and submit your projects featuring any Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps into the Inlinkz collection HERE by midnight PST on July 22nd!

Become a Follower of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Submit entries using LCD/CV images ONLY!

BUT if you do use our new images then your name will be entered into the prize drawing TWICE!

One exception to the rule is...you CAN use sentiments by other companies if your project "needs" it!

Mention our event and include a link back to this post on your blogs!

There is no limit to the amount of entries you can submit but all entries must be in separate posts.

We'd appreciate it if you'd add our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog badge on your blogs and promote us :0)

Leave us a comment after linking up your project, we'd love to hear what you think of your new Event and Challenge blog!

Did you know that you can play in our Events and Challenges even if you don't have a blog?
Simply upload your project to a photo sharing site, including your own personal Facebook accounts. Set the privacy setting to "Public" and include the name of the Event in your photo description! It's that easy so do join the fun!

Please note that this announcement does NOT apply to this "New Stamp Release" event. We want to see your fabulous creations featuring ALL of our stamps for this one ;0)

We have decided to lift our LCD/CV stamps only restriction for Skellie-Fest as well as our current #13 Numbers Challenge! You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries! However, of course we want you to use our stamps so if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two and double your chances at winning the prizes!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

IMPORTANT UPDATE!We have decided to lift our LCD/CV
stamps only restriction for Skellie-Fest as well as our current #13
Numbers Challenge! You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries
BUT if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two
and double your chances at winning the prizes! All other Event and
Challenge Rules still apply!Tell your friends to come and play with us!

"Skellie-Fest" is for our fans who enjoy creating with skeletons of all kinds!
Wehave 29 skeleton and Day of the Dead themed rubber stamps at Lost Coast Designs alone with even more available at Carmen's Veranda so we have a wide variety to appeal to your every taste and style!

"Skellie-Fest" is also part of our "New Blog Grand Opening Celebrations" and you can enter the same projects in all our current events and challenges to increase your chances of winning a prize! To qualify please follow the rules for each event and challenge!

Thursday, June 4, 2015

IMPORTANT UPDATE!We have decided to lift our LCD/CV stamps only restriction for Skellie-Fest as well as our current #13 Numbers Challenge! You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries BUT if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two and double your chances at winning the prizes! All other Event and Challenge Rules still apply!Tell your friends to come and play with us!

Weare so very excited to be playing in the Skull Appreciation Day blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged for the very first time this year!

Plus, we are also super excited to introduce you to our very 1st "Skellie-Fest" which we hope will become an annual affair for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

"Skellie-Fest" is tailored for our fans who enjoy creating with skeletons of all kinds!
Wehave 29 skeleton and Day of the Dead themed rubber stamps at Lost Coast Designs alone with even more available at Carmen's Veranda so we have a wide variety to appeal to your every taste and style!

"Skellie-Fest" is also part of our "New Blog Grand Opening Celebrations" and you can enter the same projects in all our current events and challenges to increase your chances of winning a prize! To qualify please follow the rules for each event and challenge!

You've got much to see and we have loads of prizes to give away so STAY TO PLAY!

The The Skull Appreciation Day blog roll is over there in our right sidebar and can also be found beneath our Skellie-Fest link up below in case you get lost or have visited us here first and would like to hop from the beginning! I hope you'll be inspired by all the Skullie and Skellie eye candy and will return to play in our "Skellie-Fest" which runs through to June 18th!
We've got a$20 gift certificate to spend at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda up for grabs!

Monday, June 1, 2015

Congratulations Liesbeth. Please email Nikki (nikksup@gmail.com) by the end of June to claim
your $10 prize. Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email.
You can shop at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.

Welcome to our first challenge in our new location, how exciting.......

Challenge #13 Numbers

Welcome and we hope you will play along with us. You can use any company's images you like to join our challenge, but if you use any images from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda you will get two entries into the draw to win the prize, yes thats double the chance to win.

We have a new prize system in place :

PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our challenges we have a new format for our new blog!

1 - 4 entries = a winner will be awarded our Challenge Badge

5+ entries = one winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV

10+ entries = one winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV

(you get the Challenge Badge to proudly display on your blog too!)

The first challenge here, in our new challenge blog, is actually #13 : Numbers, brought predominantly to you by Team USA.

To double your chances of winning a prize, you are welcome to link up the same project for our Grand Opening Event using ANY images as well as for the Numbers Challenge. Please be sure to mention both in your blog post.

Please be sure to read our rules so that your entry is eligible to win the prize :)

Did you know that you can play in our Challenges even if you don't have a blog!
Simply
upload your project to a photo sharing site, including your own personal
Facebook accounts, and set the privacy setting to "Public" and include
the name of the of our Challenge in your photo description! You can not link
to projects shared in a closed Facebook Group because the linky tool can
not access it there! It's that easy so do join the fun!

Reminder to please be sure to read our rules so that your entry is eligible to win the prize :)

AND note that we have lifted our restriction that only LCD/CV stamps be used. But if you do use LCD/CV images then your entry will count as two which means you double your chances of winning the prizes.